Names That Peaked In 2018
These names hit their all-time highest U.S. ranking in 2018 and have never ranked as high since — the sound of that moment, frozen in the data. (The #1 names that year were Emma and Liam — reigning champions usually peak in a different year than they reign.)
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10,219#10 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 2017 | |||
| 4,136#52 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 6,792#16 | Down 6 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 2,883#124 | Down 40 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 5,805#51 | Down 16 rank positions in five years | 2017 | |||
| 3,073#115 | Down 67 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 6,130#26 | Up 1 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 4,796#43 | Down 23 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 2,365#156 | Down 71 rank positions in five years | 2015 | |||
| 2,439#149 | Down 68 rank positions in five years | 2017 | |||
| 1,832#163 | Down 5 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 1,051#324 | Down 66 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 2,071#143 | Down 43 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 1,723#180 | Down 41 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 2,003#183 | Down 35 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 1,686#183 | Down 53 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 1,702#206 | Down 27 rank positions in five years | 2017 | |||
| 1,683#184 | Down 68 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 1,140#297 | Down 70 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 1,012#334 | Down 9 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 957#320 | Up 31 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 1,240#249 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 690#453 | Down 187 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 757#411 | Down 119 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 695#451 | Down 114 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 845#362 | Down 65 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 397#687 | Down 187 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 390#695 | Down 62 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 410#667 | Down 292 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 469#605 | Down 60 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 262#908 | Down 28 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 390#719 | Down 106 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 367#742 | Down 288 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 313#866 | Down 282 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 402#677 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 150#1,436 | Down 778 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 238#967 | Down 90 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 279#935 | Down 52 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 174#1,183 | Down 167 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 262#906 | Down 300 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 411#688 | Down 134 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 410#690 | Up 44 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 131#1,592 | Down 632 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 286#919 | Down 256 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 134#1,377 | Down 520 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 194#1,191 | Down 337 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 138#1,534 | Down 542 rank positions in five years | 2017 | |||
| 140#1,350 | Down 325 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 456#637 | Down 75 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 192#1,115 | Down 278 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 237#969 | Up 42 rank positions in five years | 2023 | |||
| 125#1,659 | Down 498 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 127#1,637 | Down 876 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 203#1,140 | Down 295 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 206#1,060 | Down 164 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 151#1,290 | Down 239 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 113#1,533 | Down 420 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 139#1,355 | Down 374 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 109#1,568 | Down 602 rank positions in five years | 2016 | |||
| 238#1,045 | Down 176 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 90#1,780 | Down 720 rank positions in five years | 2021 | |||
| 117#1,501 | Down 488 rank positions in five years | 2022 | |||
| 110#1,821 | Down 485 rank positions in five years | 2018 | |||
| 98#1,684 | Down 799 rank positions in five years | 2020 | |||
| 37#3,972 | Down 2,624 rank positions in five years | 2018 |
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How this list is built
A name “peaked” in 2018 when that year holds its best-ever position in the national rankings — rank, not raw count, because raw counts track how many babies were born and would pile every “peak” into the boom years. To qualify, a name must have reached the top 1,000 at its height and have at least 500 all-time applications. Lists are ordered by that peak rank.
Ranks come from U.S. births, counted separately for girls and boys. “Unranked” today means fewer than 5 applications in the latest year — uncommon, never invalid.